Instagram Will Test Hiding ‘Likes’ in the US Starting Next Week
By Travis Riffe • November 13, 2019Months after testing hiding “like” counts in other countries, Instagram announced they will roll out changes to vanish a limited number of user’s like counts in America. Hiding like counts is just the latest step in Instagram’s quest to become the safest place on the internet, along with algorithms and filters to remove offensive or divisive comments or pictures. Despite these efforts to improve user’s mental health and the quality of online discourse, the move has come with panicked pushback from users for a variety of reasons. This will be a great test to see the future of engagement metrics for social platforms across the nation.